(2009-11-30) Asthma: When Inhalers Fail
Four injections may offer hope for asthmatics, reducing the reliance upon rescue inha
Doctors are witnessing a disturbing trend in the use of inhaled medications for asthma treatment with the increasing costs of both medical care and medications. Many asthmatics are abandoning the use of preventive inhaled medications for less expensive, symptom relieving inhalers only (marketed brand names: ProAir HFA, Ventolin HFA, or Proventil HFA). The economy is making many asthmatics choose between using inhaled medications to prevent asthma attacks versus just getting by treating daily symptoms.
According to current asthma treatment guidelines, the use of rescue inhalers more than twice weekly indicates the need for daily preventive asthma treatment; this usually means the addition of an inhaled steroid medication for better disease control. Every asthmatic carries a rescue inhaler, a class of medications called
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